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"Srinivas Kuchibhotla, died of his injuries in a Kansas City hospital. He is said to have left behind a wife who is five months pregnant. ... His bereaved wife
by linuxkerneldev 10y ago
"Srinivas Kuchibhotla, died of his injuries in a Kansas City hospital. He is said to have left behind a wife who is five months pregnant.
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His bereaved wife and his family are trying to raise money to send his body back to India for his funeral.
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I'm terribly ashamed of the state of our shining city upon on a hill.
- AckSyn 10y agoSenseless violence is a plague. I hope they are able to send his body back where they want him buried.
- rainhacker 10y agoI think they'd want him cremated. But I get you sentiment.
- geodel 10y agoIt is indeed a terrible loss. But what I don't understand is: > His bereaved wife and his family are trying to raise money to send his body back to India for his funeral Is it a common thing to raise money as in community support etc or despite being engineers and all people just do not save money for their emergency needs. Edit: Sorry about this question. Now I think it is rather tactless question, asked on this unfortunate occasion.
- jessaustin 10y agoIt seems very weird for a person that age to be setting aside money for funeral expenses.
- erik998 10y agoThe costs of a funeral, transportation, and legal work can be excessive. Additionally, no one plans to be shot at a young age. I am sure they would rather spend their savings on their children/healthcare/rent now that there is no one providing for their household. Just because he was an engineer does not mean he was paid 10x everyone else.
- Frondo 10y agoYou don't know their story before the guy was killed for the color of his skin. You don't know whether they had some emergency funds that had recently been drained, or whether they chose to send money back to India to support someone else, or whatever.
- lukeschlather 10y agoEven assuming his wife was also working, it's a good bet she has plenty of bills to pay, and dipping into savings for funeral expenses when you just lost half your household income is not something I would ever suggest anyone do.
- DanBC 10y agoDidn't they just deplete their emergency funds on the hospital treatment?
- mikeash 10y agoYou don't understand that sometimes people don't hove money?
- perseusprime11 10y agoThere is no more shining city on a hill. Sorry!